Gynerium

Gynerium is a monotypic genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, native to Mexico and Colombia, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is classified in its own tribe Gynerieae.

Gynerium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Gynerieae
Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2001)
Genus: Gynerium
Willd. ex P. Beauv. 1812 not Bonpl. 1813
Species:
G. sagittatum
Binomial name
Gynerium sagittatum
Synonyms
  • Saccharum sagittatum Aubl.
  • Arundo sagittata (Aubl.) Pers.
  • Arundo rugii Molina
  • Gynerium procerum P.Beauv.
  • Gynerium saccharoides Humb. & Bonpl.
  • Arundo saccharoides (Humb. & Bonpl.) Poir.
  • Cynodon gynerium Raspail
  • Gynerium parviflorum Nees
  • Arundo fastuosa Willd. ex Steud.
  • Aira gigantea Steud.
  • Gynerium levyi E.Fourn.

The sole species in the genus is Gynerium sagittatum, a tall grass that grows up to six metres (twenty feet) high. It is a very vigorous species that grows into a considerably dense mass of vegetation. The species is known as "cana-do-rio", "cana-flecha", "cana-frecha", "ubá" and "cana-brava" in Brazil, "caña brava" in Peru and Colombia, "chuchío" in eastern Bolivia, and "tañil" in Guatemala and other Spanish speaking countries. It is known in English as "wildcane" or "wild cane", while "arrow cane" is less common (sagitta is Latin for arrow).

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